Man spent 13 hours trapped upside down in his basement

DETROIT, MICHIGAN — A Detroit man was found trapped and hanging upside down from his basement window Thursday after trying to break into his own home.

The man's head was just inches away from rainwater that was filling up the basement.

Police say the man was trying to break into his own house when his foot got stuck in the basement window. He was hanging from the window for 13 hours.

was at the scene when the man was extricated from the window and taken to an ambulance on a stretcher.  Police thought he might be a burglar but it turns out he'd just lost his keys.

The Detroit Fire Department got the man out and took him away in an ambulance.

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